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In this episode, recorded in the spirit of International Women's Day, Dr Clara Siagian chats with Dr Linda Susilowati about generational shifts in rural Javanese women's lives, the enduring weight of 'kodrat' (predetermined nature) and 'kewajiban' (obligation), and how Julia Suryakusuma's concept of State Ibuism appears in contemporary Indonesia.

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The unilateral attack by the United States and Israel on Iran that risks a costly regional war in the Middle East has raised scrutiny over Jakarta’s move to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP), which critics saw as aligning too closely with Washington.

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Many in the diaspora, particularly those without Indonesian passports, feel that government initiatives to engage the diaspora, including the Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI), do not address core concerns such as property rights, political participation, and full recognition of their enduring ties to Indonesia.

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At present, gig workers are excluded from coverage under the general labour law. The principle that they are ‘mitra’ (partners, or ‘independent contractors’), and not employees, is rooted in the basic definitions of employment under Indonesian law. In the meantime, there have been some ad hoc attempts to regulate app-based motorcycle taxi drivers by the Ministry of Transportatio...

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Timor-Leste became independent from Indonesia in 2002, after 24 painful years of Indonesian occupation built on centuries of Portuguese colonisation. Both regimes were deeply violent and extractive and drew Timorese society into different forms of a valorised armed masculinity that would have repercussions well after Timor’s independence.

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